Ryanair is seeking to bring Commercial Court proceedings against online booking provider eDreams over alleged breaches of the airline’s terms of use through “screen scraping” activities.
Ryanair DAC claims eDreams Odigeo SA and its subsidiary, Vacaciones eDreams SL, are breaching its website terms using the airline’s flight data by selling Ryanair flights under brands including eDreams, Opodo, Govoyages, and Travellink.
Both defendant companies are registered in Spain and eDreams Odigeo is the parent company for the eDreams Odigeo group, a large ecommerce provider which operates in 44 countries.
The alleged screen scraping involves accessing the Ryanair website using automated software to extract data without the airline’s knowledge or consent, it is claimed.
Ryanair is seeking declarations that this screen scraping is in breach of the Consumer Credit Act 2007 and EU law and eDreams is contractually or otherwise prohibited from engaging in such activity.
It further seeks an order…
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